libraries, learning and lego

New York City and The Labs

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page
– Augustine of Hippo

Leaving for New York City tomorrow for a week of university libraries, data labs, innovation and supporting of research, education and studies through digital tools and technology.

I’ve been to New York two times before and I’m super excited about going there again. The program for the week is really great and we are gonna hook up with some awesome people and then NYC is simply one of the most great cities of the world.

NYC Media Lab – driving innovation and ultimately job growth in media and technology by facilitating collaboration between the City’s universities and its companies. Doing loads of cool seeds projects. Great with a non-library point of view.

New York Library Labs – the NYPL Labs combines core digital library operations (digitization, metadata, permissions/reproductions, etc.) with a publicly engaged tech, design, and outreach team focused on enabling new uses of collections and data, collaborating with users on the creation of digital resources. Among other we will be meeting with Shana Kimball.